Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Two new wheels

Gotta love estate sales. In the last 6 months notices of 2 estates sales have come my way. Both of them were in Long Beach, not far from my sister's house and she LOVES estate / garage sales. Notices came my way because both of these sales had spinning wheels pictured. The last one (in June) was at the home of a weaver who had moved and didn't take any weaving or spinning stuff with her. Now I have two new wheels in the house.

The first one looks like a traditional wheel - it's not an Ashford - there's no name on it.

I'm assuming that it was made in Helen Ga. It's cute, the parts move, but it not very functional.

Mt second wheel came from the home of a weaver / spinner who has no passion for it any more. It seems that she and her husband travelled quite a bit as they had collect things from all over. Some of the weavings in their home were from the same weaving class I took so many years ago, so I must have had the class with them. But her husband became ill and the last 10 years were spent caring for him. Not only did I get one of her wheels, but I also acquired cones of linen and silk and quite a few balls of wool. I've got plans for the linen - got it in two shades - beige and a golden beige.

This one has no identifying marks on it. I like that it came with its own stool. Here they are - in the place on the hearth

About Me

I started weaving, spinning, dyeing and basketry back in 1988 and it is still a passion of mine. But working full time and having a husband, (step)daughter, one cat, one dog and a new house there hasn't been a lot of time to get the garage studio up and going.